MEBANE — One man is dead and another hospitalized after an incident Sunday evening that saw the pair wounded by gunshots, one apparently self-inflicted, according to the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office.

A news release issued late Sunday by the Sheriff’s Office indicated that officers responded to Mrs. White Lane on Sunday in response to a report of communicating threats. Upon arrival, a deputy heard gunshots coming from a wooded area behind a residence.

Additional deputies arrived and found Mike Pettiford, of Burlington, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. A suspect, Darius Nelson, of Mebane, had fled the scene.

Nelson owned undeveloped property nearby on Landi Lane, the release stated, and officers were conducting a sweep of the property when they heard a single gunshot.

Nelson was found shortly thereafter with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Pettiford was responsive and was transported to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. Nelson was taken to Duke University Medical Center and later died at the hospital, the release stated.

The shooting is still under investigation, and no motive for the incident was available Sunday.

“We don’t know what the relationship is between these folks,” Orr said.

Officers from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Mebane Police Department, Graham Police Department, Alamance County Rescue, Alamance County EMS, the Mebane Fire Department and the N.C. Department of Corrections K-9 Unit assisted Alamance County deputies at the scene.